It was interesting to suddenly be plucked out of our regular environment for longer than expected.
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The parrot had plucked out most of its feathers was was said to resemble an oven-ready chicken.
That wasn't just some random number that I plucked out of a hat.
Sanath Jayasuriya plucked out Martin van Jaarsveld and nightwatchman Nicky Boje in one over to reduce South Africa to 116-3 in reply to the hosts' 470.
In 1991, a team of Duke researchers headed by Dr. Roses and Warren Strittmatter plucked out a gene that they suspected was involved in late-onset Alzheimer's.
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Barra's appointment in February raised eyebrows around GM, in part because she wasn't a vehicle engineer and in part because she was plucked out of human resources.
Others swayed or looked as if they might weep, but that changed quickly as Corwin picked up the tempo and plucked out a lively Red River jig.
It was much bound up with the clean-living Rastafarianism he had plucked out of the encyclopedia, but it was also drawn from his own South African experience.
That companies have maintained or improved their standings or been plucked out as "winners" by Deborah Orr, the editor of our special section, doesn't necessarily augur anything for the future.
But Saints made sure of the win when Long's high kick was plucked out of the air by Pryce for his side's fifth try and Long added the conversion, before completing the scoring with a late penalty.
And, two minutes later, Warrington cashed in with their sixth try when a Briers kick was plucked out of the air by Hicks, who squeezed the pass out of the tackle for King to score in the corner.
And he reached out with his fingers and he plucked them out, and he said--he estimated that he'd used one and a half pounds of force.
In the early 1960s, the right-wing Justice Party plucked him out of the civil service.
Fishermen in a passing boat saved her life when they plucked her out of water filled with debris.
Mandy dug in her bag, plucked some bills out, and handed them over.
Coast Guard helicopters plucked 14 people out of two lifeboats around 6:30 a.m.
When one of the judges plucked his entry out of the pile of also-rans, he was as astonished, and unprepared, as everyone else.
The misery continued and Ramnaresh Sarwan soon followed, driving Anderson towards Strauss at cover who plucked the ball out brilliantly with his left hand.
Centre Hape then touched down before Henderson plucked the ball out of the air from Harris' perfectly-judged kick to put the game beyond London's reach.
When winger Ryan Hall plucked the ball out of the air and sent his centre Senior over for a third try, the visitors held a flattering 14-10 lead.
As the match moved into injury time, Foran's shot was headed upand towards goal by Grant Munro but Pernis plucked the ball out of the air to alleviate the danger.
Astronaut Stephen Robinson rode a robot arm under the belly of the shuttle and plucked the loose fabric out with his fingers.
Chris Nero then plucked another Deacon kick out of the air and touched down before a flare-up on 63 minutes saw Terry Newton accuse Stanley Gene of biting him.
When Foster plucked a Yaya Toure shot out of the top corner, their deserved point was secure, while Mancini's future became less so.
Goran Persson, Sweden's prime minister, plucked a merry clutch of rabbits out of his conjuror's hat.
He plucked flowers, then picked their petals out, and was surprised they died.
The Journal editorial plucked one sentence from a long interview Khosla gave the San Francisco Chronicle last week and blew it out of proportion.
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